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JOH I. IUDONALD, F ST.JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

COIBIKATION-GABIENE.

Speeioadon of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1s, 191s.

Application letl October 1, 1917. vSerial lo. 194:,240.v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN I. McDoNALD,

l a citizen of the United States, residinsg at tate St. Joseph, county of Buchanan, and of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination-Garments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combination garments and, more particularly, to combination overalls.

My object is to provide an improved Vcombination garment es ecially adapted foruse as an overall,em o ying a jacket and trousers detachably fastened together-to obtain all the advantages of a union, or one-piece, garment, wherein the jacket overlaps the pockets in the trousers and has its skirt detachably fastened in such .manner that the pocketshave their mouths covered, thereby preventing articles from falling out of them and dirt, or foreign substances, entering them, and minimizing the ossibility of the pockets catching on any o ject.

Another object is the provision of a combination garment having an improved connection betweenthe jacket and the trousers which is completely covered when the are worn, thereby aording a neat and essy appearance while permitting quick and easy detachment of the trousers whenever desired and also enabling the trousers to be worn segarately from the jacket and held up .by a,

elt or Suspenders when the jacket is.not needed or the weather is too warm for its USB.

It is within the scope of my invention to fasten the of the jacket to the trousers at as many points as desired or to dispose the fastenings in the region of any deslred ockets'which the said 'acket is to cover but preferably, dispose t e fastenings in the region of the side pockets of the trousers and allow the skirt of the jacket. to freely overlap the rear trousers pockets. Any suitable points, and also for connecting the jacket to the trousers waist band although I prefer to employ buttons and buttonholes.

Preferably the connection between the trousers waist band and the jacket comprises a buttonhole strip sewed to the inside of the jacket above the lower edge of the skirt thereof and running all the way around the same, and'buttons on the waistband of the trousers. The waistband of the trousers may be, Qand 'preferably is, provided with' belt loops, enabling a belt to be used to hold up the trousers if they are used separately,

as warm weather. The buttons .on said' waist band, however, enable the user to employ Suspenders on such an occasion. When the entlre garment 1s used, `the trousers are held up by their connection with the j acket.,

`open while still connected to the trousers,

or, the trousers taken down while the jacket remains on the wearer.

Closmg the pockets by fastening the lower portion of the jacket over their mouths is of particular utility when the wearer is worklng in a stooping, or at, position, such as would be assumed when working around, or under, an automobile, for instance, asarticles cannot fall out of the pockets or dirt gain access thereto. y

One emboulment of the invention is fully described hereinafter and shown in the accompanying drawings but as the details thereof may be changed, such disclosure is to Abe considered as illustrative, rather than restrictive, of the scope of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1, is a front view showing the garment in use;

Fig. 2 a rear view thereof;

Fig. 3, a front view, artly broken away, they jacket being part y unbuttoned and thrown back;

Fig. 4, a rear view, partly broken away, the skirt of the' jacket being raised and the waist band partly unbuttoned;

Fig. 5, a detail side view, showing the skirt of the jacket raised; and

Fig. 6, a similar view, showing the jacket buttoned down over the pockets at one side and the rear of the garment.

The invention is shown as embodied' in overalls, having a jacket 1 and trousers 2.

` The jacket may be provided with any suitalower edge of its skirt portion 7 and is referably connected thereto by stitching 8. 'his strip or band 6 runs all the way around the inside of the jacket, as an endless piece, to where it4 terminates at the front, as at s 9, in the region of the front closure 10 of the 'ecken v- T ev jacket maybe out away at the front,

as at 11 but its skirt rtlon 7 is of sufcient length, considere verticaly, to cover 10 theA side pockets 5, as shown 1n lgs 1 and `6 and to overlie and cover themouths of thevhi pockets 4,'as Ishown in Fi .2 and 6, so t t all of the pockets are sea ed, as 1t were. 15 Buttons 12 on the waistband of the troutonholes 13 inthe strip or band 6. .The trousers waist band ma also be provided with belt loops 14 for t e use of a belt 1f 2o the trousers are worn alone. The buttons 12 are arrangedfor the convenient application of the usual Suspenders if the user prefers them to a belt when wearing the trou- /sers alone.

The buttons 12 and strip 6 constitute a separable connection by which the trousers are held up by the 'acket without uirmg additional suspen g means an they enable the trousers to be taken down,

uickly and easily whenever desired. Furt ermore, the detachability of the trousers` and jacket enables them to be readily put on and taken off, thereby eliminating the discomfort and stretching and pulling required in putting on or taking of a union rment, even though it is detachable at thel ont while permanently fastened at the back. g

At suitable points on the trousers, referably in the region of the side poc ets 5, there are provided fasteners, preferably buttons, 15 for fastening down' the skirt of the jacket, as by the use of buttonholes '16 thereon, so that said jacket will -be securely fastened over the ymouths of the pockets. It is to .be understood that I do not limit myself to the location of the buttons 15, as shown, as they may be differentlydisposed, and additional ones may be used.

sers are adapted to be buttoned into the butthe wearer to gain access to one or more pockets. en the buttons 15 are located at the sides of the trousers, as shown in the drawings, they are readily accessible but they, orother, fastenings for this p maybe osed farther. to the front or farther to e rear of the garment.

Havm thus described my -invention,

what I aim'as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: 1. A combination garment comprisin a jacket, trousers having side and hip pocgets which'are overlappe by the skirt of the jacket, means connecting the jacket and trousers toglether, and se arate Ameans for fastening t e skirt of t e jacket to the trousers below the connection aforesaid, whereby the mouths of all the hip and side pockets may be sealed by the skirt portion of the jacket. 2. A combination garment,l comprising a jacket, trousers having side pockets which are overlappled by the skirt of the jacket means detac ably connecting the 'acket'anci trousers,'and se arate means for detachably fastening the s 'rt portion of the jacket ove;- the mouths of t e side pockets aforesa1 3. A combination garment compris' separate jacket and trousers, the latter having side pockets which are overlapped by the skirt of the jacket, means detachably connecting the 'acket and trousers, and means for fastenm the jacket to the trousersin the enera region of the hip portions thereo so that the lower portion of the jacket will cover the mouths of the side pockets. l

4 In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature.

I. McDONALD. 

